The Osceola times., 1887-09-17
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ITEMS ABOUT WOMEN.

Mrs FRANCES c, M1xTgR edl,eo
"Our Home Corner, in the AtboI
chronicle fore more than five wears
She is contributor to Good Home.
keeping and other journals.
s. Mrs. GoFFs Of Pleasant Valley, Wis
who was elected town treasurer b,,
inst seeured her ofiieoin spite of viz.
orous opposition on the part Of the
male of1ice-holders Of the town. Hot
Mrs. SALLIR JoY WHITE, of the Rox.
ton Herald, will read a paper ON .Wom.
on in Journalism" at the third an.
nual meeting Of the National Press As.
soclatior,, To- be held in September, in
Denver, Col. liasgas taa .a..,.,...
Mrs. HENRY WARD BErcHrn ha,
entered into arrangements with Mr..
Edward W. Box. of BROOKLYN. TO fur.
,,nish a series OF articles for newspa.
pcrs. They win bo weekly. written es.
pecially for women. ~ tse6it
DIR. juliet MONROE THORPE, daugh.
ter Of Ohio's President Of the w. C T
IT,, Mrs. Henrietta l.. Monroe, has been
elected to the faculty Of the OHIO Med.
ical College at Cincinnati. This Is a
rare compliment to a gifted woman.
Miss MINNIE PHELPS of St Gather.
ines, Canada, took the honors of the
oratory class in the College Of Oratory.
Philadelphia. and WAS chosen, because
of her standing, 10 speak in the Phila-
delphia Academy of Music on Com
mcnccment night. She selected the
temperance question for her theme.
speaking before a fine audience, and
| was encored. ais sarlrtv -af
Mrs. j. X. BARNEY. Of Providence.
has an excellent paper in the issue of
Lend-a. Hand for August, on "Police
Matrons." Mrs Barney speaks from
experience; her Office as,a Representa-
tive Of the National Woman's Christian
Temperance Union calling her to per-
sonM examinations OF police stations
and the condition OF the unhappy
women found in them. The whole
number Of this valuable magazine is
specially interesting. ist BOD tsA
MRs. SARAH PETERS, wife of the
British Consul at Philadelphia, in lSi7,
founded during her residence there .
school Of design for women, which has
| grown to be the largest Institution O
its kind in the country. The Phila
dclphia Record speaks with pride Of tn,
prospects of the school for the coming
year. Mrs Peters was an able advo
cate of equal rights for women. She
felt the evils Of the usual mode of dress
to the extent that she assumed. for q
time. the Bloomer costume. modified
A DAUGHTER of Ogden Bradley, o.
New York, and niecc Of Bishop Nicely
Of Maine. has won a diploma from tn,
famous Paris School Of Medicine, pass
ing a brilliant examination and re-
ceiving the maximum mark. Hel
thesis was "Iodism,' and for an houl
and half she was shrewdly and abl,
questioned by four Of the leading pro
fessois Of the school. each of whom
had been provided with copy Of thu
thesis. She wore the black gown anC
fchu prescribed for candidates.
Mis-. POTTER, Of Scranton, Pa, i
evidently woman not to be imposed
upon. The Philadelphia Record relate;
that the other day she ordered a mar
to stop painting her fence. He re
fused, and she turned on him her gar
den hose and drcnched him TO tn,
skin. Then another man came on th'
scene who told the first man to pain
the fence, and directed the latter TO g
on with his work, and with pisto
pointed at Mrs. Potter, told her If sh'
put the hose on again he would shoe
her. The hose was put on them both
and they left suddenly. D.
Miss MARIAN Z. SHELDON, daHShte,
of Mr.. w. +. sheldon. has recently ad
mitted to the girls school Of which she
is principal. in Adabazar, Turkey, the
first Moslem girl who ever entered the
lists for regular education. Mis-
Sheldon began teaching in the Ian
guage after being in the country five
months. She has translated two Amer
lean textbooks into the Armenian
Adabazar, where she is located. Is on'
hundred miles east Of Constantinople
he Turkish Governor Of the province
has, through the agency Of Miss shel
don, become much interested in tn
education Of girls. -r.r - u